[82lsju]

Last thought: who made David Shaw England’s manager?  I haven’t seen this much turtling since the late 2010’s Stanford football team.

BC

the UK press not too happy with the end game "strategy"

England somehow lose a place in the World Cup final, because Thomas Tuchel loses his bottle.
 
This dogged campaign, that had England on the brink of their greatest moment since 1966, somehow ends as the worst yet: a 2-1 defeat to Argentina that should never have happened.
 
They ceded the initiative, ceded the pitch, ceded the space around their box and – finally – ceded the game. The decision to go to five at the back as early as the second-half hydration break – in the 67th minute – was inexplicable at the time and now feels like it will go down as one of the most confounding moments in English football history.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot...jUrGTyPyjQ

[82lsju]

Last thought: who made David Shaw England’s manager?  I haven’t seen this much turtling since the late 2010’s Stanford football team.

BC

the UK press not too happy with the end game "strategy"

England somehow lose a place in the World Cup final, because Thomas Tuchel loses his bottle.
 
This dogged campaign, that had England on the brink of their greatest moment since 1966, somehow ends as the worst yet: a 2-1 defeat to Argentina that should never have happened.
 
They ceded the initiative, ceded the pitch, ceded the space around their box and – finally – ceded the game. The decision to go to five at the back as early as the second-half hydration break – in the 67th minute – was inexplicable at the time and now feels like it will go down as one of the most confounding moments in English football history.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot...jUrGTyPyjQ